Education

Advocacy

Empowerment

Accompaniment

"'Who among us has wept for these things, and things like this?' Who has wept for the deaths of these brothers and sisters? Who has wept for the people who were on the boat? For the young mothers carrying their babies? For these men who wanted something to support their families?" ~Pope Francis

Mission

As disciples of Jesus Christ, rooted in Gospel values and our rich Catholic social tradition, the Office for Immigrant Affairs and Immigration Education (OIA&IE) of the Archdiocese of Chicago fulfills the Church’s leadership role of evangelization by welcoming immigrants in Cook and Lake Counties, building communion between immigrants and non-immigrants as brothers and sisters in Christ, and accompanying and empowering immigrants toward their formation and integration as full members of society and people of faith in the one family of God.